- Last Day of School! This Sunday is the last day of school for the 2025-26 season at SSBC Sunday School. Most of you will not even notice come June 7th. A few of you should take note. Beginning June 7th...
- Those who just graduated high school may attend either the high school class for the summer or join one of the adult classes.
- Those who have been in 8th grade will move up to the high school class.
- Those who have been in 5th grade will move up to middle school.
- And, last but not least, the 3-year olds in the nursery will move down with the pre-schoolers downstairs.
- Adults, you may certainly check out other adult classes as well.
- Remember, this will be one week from this Sunday (thus June 7th)
- Sunday's Message took us to the end of Haggai as we explored God’s promise to shake the heavens and earth, overthrow nations, and establish what cannot be shaken. Zerubbabel, though only a governor, is given extraordinary assurance as God calls him His chosen “signet ring,” symbolizing authority, ownership, promise, and covenant faithfulness. We detoured through Israel's biblical storyline—from exile and return through their perseverance through over 2,500 years—showing that God has never abandoned His covenant purposes for Israel or His redemptive plan for the world. Zerubbabel’s place in the genealogy of Jesus Christ reveals God’s ability to keep every promise, even when circumstances seem impossible. We ended by considering today: even when culture shakes, nations rage, or institutions crumble, believers stand in a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Therefore our call is to keep building, keep obeying in the small things, and keep serving with confidence because Christ is coming and His kingdom will endure forever.
Poppies - The picture at the top is of poppies. It became an enduring symbol of Memorial Day after World War I. During that war, bright red poppies were among the first flowers to bloom across the battle-scarred fields of Flanders in Belgium, where countless soldiers were buried. Their appearance inspired Canadian physician Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae to write the famous 1915 poem In Flanders Fields, which begins, “In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row.” That poem deeply moved people around the world, and the poppy quickly became a visible reminder of the lives lost in war. In the United States, the tradition was championed by Moina Michael, who promoted wearing poppies to honor fallen service members, leading veterans’ organizations to adopt it as an official emblem of remembrance. Today, it is still a simple symbol of honoring those who gave their lives in military service.
